75th anniversary Blog
Today is the anniversary when victory in Europe was declared celebrating the allied victory and unconditional surrender of Nazy Germany on Tuesday the 8th of May 1945.
75 years since the end of WWII in Europe. On this day, we will remember and thank those who endured and their sacrifices. Thank you!!!
Below is list of Wheelock’s fighting Men and women who served and gave their life’s and made the ultimate sacrifice
United States
Private First Class Carl R. Wheelock
Service Number 455452
Died 2nd of February 1945
U.S. Marine Corps
Technician Fifth Grade Elmer C. Wheelock
Service Number 11090007
Died 24th of September 1943
318th Signal Company
U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Willis E. Wheelock
Service Number 39564718
Died 25th of January 1945
168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
U.S. Army
AUSTRALIA
Private John L Wheelock
Service number WX8753
Unit 2/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Australian Army
Fate Prisoner of War
Camp location Thailand, Theatre of war Malaya
Flight Lieutenant Curtis Warren Wheelock
Service number 410580
Died 16th of May 1945
Aged 23
No. 279 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
United Kingdom
Major Peter Harold Wheelock, MC
Service Number 65063
Died 21st of July 1944
Aged 27
2nd Bn. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
British Army
Third Officer Joseph Francis Wheelock
Died 27th November 1944
Aged 31
Air Transport Auxiliary
Warrant Officer Class I (R.S.M.) Francis Wheelock
Service Number 7110865
Died 21st November 1941
Aged 46
61 (5th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Searchlight Regt.
Royal Artillery
Sister Lilian Maria Ethel Wheelock
Service Number 238719
Died 07th December 1942
Aged 28
Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service
Cabinet Secretary’s notes of War Cabinet discussion of Victory in Europe Celebrations, 7 May 1945. Catalogue ref: CAB 195/3/33
Churchill, Truman and Stalin photographed at the Postdam Conference, 26 July 1945. Catalogue ref: CO 1069/892 (1)
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